Lady Gaga's new family NY restaurant has been slammed by a top food critic Irish Central New York eatery Joanne Trattoria – which is backed by the Lady Gaga and run by her parents Cynthia and Joseph – was criticized on opening last Wednesday for its "clueless" waiters and "unspeakably fatty" food. Food critic Steve Cuzzo wrote a damning … Lady Gaga's restaurant slammed by food criticThe Asian Age
UK-Vietnam collaboration to improve world’s most important staple food
( Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ) On March 22 the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on rice genomics research with the Ministry of Science and Technology in Vietnam. This heralds the start of a major effort to improve flood, drought, salt and pest tolerance in the world’s most important staple …
For more Stories & Food News: cookingupastory.com Paul Roberts, veteran print journalist, and author of The End of Food, and The End of Oil, speaks at the first ever, Organicology conference, in Portland, Oregon. The story he tells here is a cautionary tale. Modern science has created the industrial agriculture revolution, producing enormous benefits for society. Though over time, many of these very same benefits lower costs of production, greater production yields, and greater efficiency through increased economies of scale, have led to serious systemic problems that threaten the entire agricultural system, perhaps even our planet.
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How can we ensure food security in the future? What responsibility does Europe have to developing countries? Farmers from 7 countries, civil society and EU policymakers discuss the challenges of food security and how GMOs can play a role in alleviating hunger and improving farmers’ lives. The farmers come from Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, the Philippines and Uganda.
In the 1950s, 1 in 33 died from cancer. Today, 1 in 3 die from cancer. The Monsanto Company, a United States-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, is the world’s leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as “Roundup.” Monsanto is also the leading producer of genetically engineered seed, holding 70-100% market share for various crops. Monsanto’s development and marketing of genetically engineered seed and bovine growth hormone, as well as its aggressive litigation and political lobbying practices have affected agriculture worldwide. Monsanto pig patent applications were published in February 2005 at the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva. Monsanto is seeking patents not only on methods of breeding, but on actual breeding herds of pigs as well as the offspring that result. What are you going to do about it?
Research and Markets: China Health Food Industry Report 2010: Demand for Health Food Increases with Rise in Living …
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Health Food Industry Report 2010″ report to their offering.
www.eusem.com: The story in the film “GM food and you” is a journey through the maze of complexities surrounding genetic modification. New technologies have a great influence on our daily lives and plant biotechnology is no exception. After all, plants provide us with the food we need to survive. However, plant biotechnology is a controversial area where both the basic research and its application to our daily lives is viewed with suspicion by members of the public. Legitimate concerns have been raised. The content of the film addresses the role genetic modification and plant biotechnology plays and is likely to play in our society. Is GM food safe to eat? What about the impact on our environment? Do we need it? Is all the truth told about GM crops? What about our right to choose? Can GM crops help the third world? See: www.eusem.com
